US - Provisional Death Counts for Covid-19

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According to CDC Provisional Death Counts, the first death involving Covid-19 in the United States occurred in the week ending Jan 4, 2020(Dec 29, 2019 - Jan 4, 2020)

Table 1. Deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), pneumonia, and influenza reported to NCHS by week ending date, United States. Week ending 1/4/2020 to 1/2/2021.*

Updated January 8, 2021

Total Deaths	318,786	3,223,437	112	313,362	147,287	8,846	490,901
1/4/2020	1	60,155	98	4,104	1	434	2,822
1/11/2020	0	60,706	97	4,151	0	475	4,626
1/18/2020	3	59,343	97	4,063	2	467	4,531
1/25/2020	2	59,138	99	3,915	1	499	4,415

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm

A study by the American Red Cross and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), entitled “Serologic testing of U.S. blood donations to identify SARS-CoV-2 reactive antibodies: December 2019-January 2020,” was recently published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal.

The findings of this study indicate that that it is possible the virus that causes COVID-19 may have been present in California, Oregon, and Washington as early as Dec. 13-16, 2019, and in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin as early as Dec. 30, 2019 - Jan. 17, 2020.

https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/press-release/2020/study-suggests-possible-new-covid-19-timeline-in-the-us.html

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Table 1. Deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), pneumonia, and influenza reported to NCHS by week ending date, United States. Week ending 1/4/2020 to 1/9/2021.*

Updated January 14, 2021

Total Deaths	333,167	3,287,710	114	323,159	154,412	8,864	507,963
1/4/2020	2	60,159	98	4,105	2	434	2,823
1/11/2020	0	60,706	97	4,151	0	475	4,626
1/18/2020	3	59,347	97	4,063	2	467	4,531
1/25/2020	2	59,139	99	3,916	1	499	4,416

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm

Two deaths have now been attributed to COVID-19 during the week of Dec. 29, 2019-Jan 4, 2020